The EPR parameters of trivalent Er(3+) ions doped in hexagonal Ga N crystal have been studied by diagonalizing the 364×364 complete energy matrices. The results indicate that the resonance ground states may be...The EPR parameters of trivalent Er(3+) ions doped in hexagonal Ga N crystal have been studied by diagonalizing the 364×364 complete energy matrices. The results indicate that the resonance ground states may be derived from the Kramers doublet Γ6. The EPR g-factors may be ascribed to the stronger covalent bonding and nephelauxetic effects compared with other rare-earth doped complexes, as a result of the mismatch of ionic radii of the impurity Er(3+)ion and the replaced Ga(3+) ion apart from the intrinsic covalency of host Ga N. Furthermore, the J–J mixing effects on the EPR parameters from the high-lying manifolds have been evaluated. It is found that the dominant J–J mixing contribution is from the manifold 2K(15/2), which accounts for about 2.5%. The next important J–J contribution arises from the crystal–field mixture between the ground state 4I(15/2) and the first excited state4I(13/2), and is usually less than 0.2%. The contributions from the rest states may be ignored.展开更多
基金Project supported by the Foundation of Education Department of Shaanxi Province,China(Grant No.16JK1402)
文摘The EPR parameters of trivalent Er(3+) ions doped in hexagonal Ga N crystal have been studied by diagonalizing the 364×364 complete energy matrices. The results indicate that the resonance ground states may be derived from the Kramers doublet Γ6. The EPR g-factors may be ascribed to the stronger covalent bonding and nephelauxetic effects compared with other rare-earth doped complexes, as a result of the mismatch of ionic radii of the impurity Er(3+)ion and the replaced Ga(3+) ion apart from the intrinsic covalency of host Ga N. Furthermore, the J–J mixing effects on the EPR parameters from the high-lying manifolds have been evaluated. It is found that the dominant J–J mixing contribution is from the manifold 2K(15/2), which accounts for about 2.5%. The next important J–J contribution arises from the crystal–field mixture between the ground state 4I(15/2) and the first excited state4I(13/2), and is usually less than 0.2%. The contributions from the rest states may be ignored.
基金This works is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.10261004).The first author was supported by Visiting Scholar Foundation of Key Lab.in University and Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongolia(20010901-06)